The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-04

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rades 1t has been suggested that part of
this lot of land be purchased and enclosed
to commemorate the event that is bound 10
make it historic as long as the Southern
Confederacy shall be remembered David
NJ Hogan, living one mile below Irwinville,
says he will furnish young sycamore trees
to beautify the park"
When the train bearing the daughters of
Hon. Jefferson Davis reached Sparta
Wednesday the scene was one of lively in
terest, and furnished an incident which will,
no doubt, be long remembered by all who
witnessed it. A wedding had occurred in
the town at o'clock in the evening, and
the fact being generally known that the
daughters of ex-PreSident Davis would pass
through on the afternoon train, the crowd.
which numbered POO or more, left the
church after the ceremony and repaired to
the depot. When the train arrived rush
was made for the rear of the car containing
the ex-President's daughters and party. At
ter some delay Miss Winnie appeared upon
| the platform and was introduced to the as
sembly by 7. NJ. Hunt, in response to
which came a storm of applause. At
this juncture Col. j. T. Jordan stepped
upon the platform and with a neat little
speech presented Miss Davis with beauti
full wreath Of flowers. The Colonel, how
ever, who is noted for his gallantry, seemed
to feel that he had failed to express the full
warmth of Hancock's admiration for the
| Daughter of the Confederacy,n and
Strengthening his tall form to its fullest
height, he asked if he might not be per-
United to kiss her There was a merry
| twinkle in the eyes of the Colonel, and he
advanced, as though TO perform the coveted
pleasure, but, TO the amusement of every
body present, the young lady threw her
hands to her face and rushed into the car,
laughingly excaiming, "No, indeed, Col
one, you cannot play off such trick on
me "
Brunswick Journal. The exports from
the port of Brunswick from December, 1885,
to December. 1886, amounted to $3.50, Cos IA
From December, 1886 to November, 1887,
they amount TO 1850, Al, or nearly double
in the past ten months what they We're in
the preceding twelve. The receipts at the
custom house from imports in 1886 were
nominal, amounting during the year to only
few hundred dollars, The receipts from
two cargoes brought there last month footed
up S34, 900, and the next two months will
probably bring to the port several times as
much more. For little further evidence
of Advancement we turn now to our cotton
receipts The effort to make Brunswick
a cotton port was ridculed two or three
years ago, but who ridicules it now:
Three years ago 5000 bales, two years
ago Is, 600, last year $4,000 To-day with
only two months of the season pas, orr
cotton receipts amount to 81 ,446 bales, and
but for the difficulty which has attended
the obtaining of ships to transport the
staple, this number would have been nearly
doubled. AT the beginning of the seaso 4
we predicted that Brunswick would ship
100000 bales of cotton this season, and
nothing but the failure to obtain transporta-
tion will prevent the amount running far
beyond that. We venture now the prophecv
that within five years the por: of Bruins
wick will be handling 5000 bales per
year With the new hotel approaching
completion, and soon to be thrown open to
guests, with the above showing of what has
and is being done, there is no question but
that Brunswick is moving with rapid strides
toward great and prosperous future.
At Atlanta Tuesday the grand jury in
dicted George Martin, editor and proprie-
tor of the A0aldnche, a weekly paper pub
lished in Atlanta, for bigamy Wednesday
Mr.. Martin walked into the Sheriff's office,
gave bond and was at work in his office
fifteen minutes afterward The indict-
ment of Mr. Martin revives an old story
that created quite a sensation in Atlanta,
and the charge upon which he was arrested
grew out of the facts connected with the
story referred to. About year ago
the proprietor of the AUdlunche Wis
tied Washington, and while there mar
ried. When the news of the marriage
reached Atlanta it was currently re-
ported that he already had a wife in that
city. His friends denied this, while others
stated that Martin knew he had a wife in
Atlanta and would not return. He did re-
turn, however, and his first alleged wife did
not come forward and disturb Mr.. Martin
and his wife, as was said she would do. The
woman who was thought to be his first wife
was Mrs. Jennie McDade, and she made
quite a number of threats before Martin
reached Atlanta, none of which she carried
out. 1t was asserted at the time that
whether or not the McDade woman was
married to Martin, he had passed her off as
his wife. This Martin and his friends de
MED. 1t is not known upon what facts
the grand jury based their Indictment
Mr. Martin, after he had given bond, said:
This is nothing but persecution on the part
of the grand jury, which is composed of
fourteen prohibitionists, three or four ants,
and the rest doubtful men on the great issue
before the people. l am full-blooded anti
prohibitionist, and my paper is run i'll the
interest of that cause. That is why the dry
men want to down me. But they can't do
it that way. | am not guilty of the charge
of which | am indicted, and can show a
clean hand when the time comes.n
FLORIDA.
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